The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-18
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CiliLcHS u west OHIOH are HadklUr
preparations to give the veterans Of
this grand old regiment warm recep-
ton. All railroads in the State will
furnish transportation at one and one.
third fare.
The 4-year old son of Alonzo Perkins
Of Rose Hill, went TO sleep in the
meadow. and his father not seeing him
drove the moving machine so close
that the sickle caught one Of his feet,
cutting off two toes entirely and the
ends Of two more, and the large toe
nearly off. and cutting one leg to the
bone SO badly that it required fifteeD
stitches to sew it up.
In Emmett county during thun-
der storm G. II. Hutchins and
his four children were all shocked
by lightning which struck the
chimney and came down the stove pipe.
The bolt divided. instantly killing Is
year old son, rendering MIR. H,tchins
and the three remaining children in
sensible. Mr~ Hutchins, sitting by
window was not affected.
The Iowa Grand Lodge of Good
Tenlplars is to meet for d session Of
three days at Des Moines August IL.
The order now numbers 10000 in the
State. The work of the session will
be laying ont plans for aggressive work
during the coming year and reviewing
the work of the past year. This will
be the 34th annual session of the body.
A Pottawatamie county temperance
Alliance of fully one thousand men
with headquarters at Council Bluffs and
branches III every township has been or
ganized. 1t is non-political, and in
Walnut, Ayoca, Hancock, and other
places many of the officers are Demo-
Gratis. They will provide ways and
means for enforcing the law and stamp
out the liquor traffic in the county.
The Secretary of the State Board Of
Health has received notice from the Sec
retary of the Minnesota Board stating
that cases Of CHAMBERS which were try
ing to evade local authorities at Els
worth, Minn., has moved into Northern
Iowa. DIR. Kennedy at once notified
the State Veterinary Surgeon to investi-
gate the matter, with instructions to re-
port the result to the Secretary's office.
Any person by sending six cents in
one of two cent stamps to b. Mason,
Victor, Iowa County, Iowa, will receive
by return mail fac simile of the Nicks-
burg Daily Citizen, which was the last
paper set up before the surrender OF
Vicksburg, and was printed on wall
paper by Union soldiers after the sur.
render. The sale of this paper is for
the benefit of needy soldiers and every.
body should have one for relic.
Congressman Conger announces that
a competitive examination will be held
in the United States Court room in
Des Moines on Tuesday. September 10th
at 10 o'clock a. M, for the purpose OF
selecting candidate for appointment
as Cadet to the United States Military
Academy at West Point for the Seventh
Congressional District of Iowa. The
examination will be open to all the
young men Of the District of proper age
and qualifications.
A largely attended memorial meeting
| was he'd ut the court house at Sioux
City OH the evening Of August 3, the
anniversary Of the murder of Rev. &.
C. Haddock. Addresses were made by
Hon. [. s. Strnble, Judge G. G. Cole
and several local speakers. 1t is past
six months since prohibition has been
the most prosperous ever known in the
history of the city, which fact was
brought forcibly forward as an argu.
ment in favor of the law.
| While Aaron Hadfield Of Burr Oak
was cutting and binding timothy with
q harvester on Tuesday, one of the
shafts wound with hay which ignited
| from the friction of the machine and
started fire which consumed the en-
tire piece of timothy, about eight acres,
a part of which was cut and bound
and the balance standing The fire
spread to an adjoining field and burned
over eighty acres Of meadow land,
consuming about two tons Of hay which
was yet unstacked. BY this time
large force had gathered and with
plows and teams succeeded in getting
the fire in check.
The advance sheets of the State Sup
erintendent's 5 report have been received
al the Department Of Public Instruc-
ton, and show Il remarkable improve
ment both in the condition and number
OF schools and great increase in the
number of pupils. In 1885 there were
14.OO9 schools in the State. while in
1886 there were l4,s29. The number
of school children has increased from
634, ,407 to 63s. .156. and the number OF
teachers from 23.7l5 to 24,675. In the
private schools the namber of pupils
has increased in the same time from IL.
974 to 1871. and in the teachers
normal institute, those in attendance
have increased from 1922 to Is ,O26.
Last Saturday week, a tramp entered
the dwelling of Mrs. Lewis Noble, a
most estimable young married lady.
living about three miles from Leon, and
called fora glass of water. His request
was complied with, and he retired to
the woods some distance from the house
but soon returned having fastened y
handkerchief over his face. and going
to the house made brutal assault upon
, Mrs. Noble and escaped. Early Sun,
day morning Sheriff Hounold arrested
the tramp in Leon concealed in an old
! house near the depot, and later in the
day was completely identified by Mrs
Noble. A neck-tie party seemed inn
minent, but many citizens use every
means possible to pacify the people ane
assure them that the culprit will NEE
his deserts at the hands of the court
but the people are still eNcitable ano
an outbreak may occur.
The Dcs Moines Women's Club, con
tanning thirty-seyen members, of which
. Mrs. James Callahan is President, has
decided upon its subjects for the mex,
year. The first meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 2Sth, and the
following subjects will be discussed
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